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Maria looks down and sees Jake again. He has a friendly
face and she likes him too.
'I'm Jake. What's your name?' he shouts.
'Hi, Jake! I'm Maria,' she answers.
'Can I telephone you? What's your number?"
She gives a big smile. But )ake ean't hear her! The band
is playing and people are shouting.
7
The procession goes near a street cafe. People are
drinking coffee at tables on the street. A tourist is
standing on a chair. He is making a film of the carnival.
His wife is watching him.
Jake sees a camera on the table. He wants a photograph of
Maria. He takes the camera and runs quickly after the float.
'Maria! Maria! I want a photo! Smile, please!'
8
The procession is moving slowly. There are crowds of
people in the street and Jake can't see Maria now.
'I can run down a quiet street and find her float,' he thinks.
He tries the first street. Suddenly, he hears the music
from the band. He is near the procession now.
He sees Maria's float and shouts, 'Maria! I'm here!'
She sees him and she waves.
9
The tourist finds a policeman.
'A young man in a red T-shirt - he has my camera!' he says.
'Yes, I understand. Can you see him now?'
'It's very difficult in this crowd. But wait... yes, I can
see him! There he is!'
Jake is standing on a bench.
'Look! That's him and that's my camera!'
10
Jake puts his photograph of Maria in his pocket. He is
happy now. The policeman and the tourist run to him.
'Come down, young man,' the policeman says. 'Is that
your camera?'
'No, it's my camera,' the man says.
Jake's face is red. Now he has a problem.
'Sorry, I only want one photo. Here's your camera.'
11
'I'm very sorry,' Jake says. 'I never do this.'
Jake thinks of his mother and he is very unhappy. The
tourists think of their son and suddenly they are
unhappy too.
'We have our camera now,' they say. 'He isn't a bad boy.
Please, can he go?'
'No, I can't do that,' the policeman says.
12
Jake is standing in front of a police sergeant.
'Now, in your pockets you have . . . a map, a pen, £5.73,
a train ticket. Is that all?'
'Let's see this important photo,' the first policeman says.
Jake takes the photo from his back pocket and gives it to
the sergeant. The sergeant looks at the photograph for a
long time. He is surprised.
13
'Where's Policewoman Day?' the sergeant asks.
'She's at the doctor's,' a policewoman says.
'No, she's here again now,' a policeman says. 'Do you
want her?'
'Yes. Send her in. We have a problem.'
The policeman walks to the door and says, 'Please come
in, Policewoman Day.'
14
The policemen look at the photo and they smile. Why?
Jake doesn't understand.
The door opens and Policewoman Day comes in. She
looks at Jake. He looks at her. They are very surprised.
'It's you!' they say at the same time.
'Look at this photo, Maria,' the sergeant says. 'Here you
are at the doctor's - or perhaps the carnival?'
15
Before you read
1 Find these words in your dictionary. They are all in the story. What are
they in your language?
balloon band bench camera carnival costume crowd
drum feather float (n) map pocket procession sergeant
shout surprised T-shirt tourist wave (v) wife
2 Do you have carnivals in your country? When? What do people do?
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The Carnival
by Annette Keen
Easystarts are Penguin Readers written to the lowest level in the The following teacher-led activities cover the same sections of text as the
Penguin Readers series. They are specially written originals, using exercises at the back of the Reader.
200 headwords and the simplest grammatical structures. BEFORE YOU READ
There are more than twenty titles to choose from, across a range 1 Ask students to look at the cover. Ask them to guess in which
of styles and subject matter. All titles are in full colour with carefully country the story takes place.
selected photos and/or artwork which helps to guide early learners
of English. There is one page of activities at the back of each book. 2 Ask students to say what they think the word ‘carnival’means, from
looking at the cover.
Penguin Readers Easystarts provide pleasurable reading for all
tastes at an appropriate level of difficulty. 3 Ask them to read the blurb on the back page. Which person on the
cover is Jake?
4 The cover gives an opportunity to revise the vocabulary of colours.
What is the colour of each letter of the title? What words can you
Summary give to colours you see in a carnival?
5 Write a list of places and events in London (or your own capital) that
Jake is eighteen. It is his first time in London and he goes to the you would like to visit.
Notting Hill carnival. He sees a beautiful girl on the first float, she AFTER YOU READ
sees him too. He thinks he’s in love with her. He follows her and is
able to speak to her. her name is Maria. 1 Students work in groups. What happens after the end of the story?
Does Maria get into trouble? Does Jake see her again? Each group
He finds a camera on a cafe table, and takes it to get a photo of should decide, and write a short ending of their own.
her. But he loses her float and has to run off with it. The owner of
the camera and a policeman chase him. Jake finds Maria, takes a 2 Students work in groups and discuss these questions: What do
photo and says sorry to the owner for taking the camera. The people do in carnivals? Do you like carnivals? Why/why not? Is
policeman takes Jake to the police station. He asks Jake what he there a big carnival in your town/country? Talk about it.
has in his pocket. Jake shows him the photo of Maria. 3 Where, early in the story, do you get an idea that something is
There is a surprise. A policewoman walks in. It is Maria! strange about Maria?
London: a good place to visit, both for the first time, and many There are twenty extra words, in addition to the 200 headwords,
times! Notting Hill carnival is very famous. It is the biggest carnival used in each Easystarts title. The extra words used in this title are
in Europe. highlighted in question 1 at the back of the Reader. They are::
Jobs: difficulties of taking time off from a working day. There are carnival map bench balloon camera costume float drum
right and wrong ways of having a holiday procession feather band shout tourist wife wave T-shirt
point sergeant surprised
Love at first sight: does this really happen? How can you be sure
that the other person feels the same?
Stealing: Jake feels so strongly about the girl, that he takes a
camera from a tourist.
1 Look at the pictures. On which pages can you find: Example: (a) Notting Hill, Euston, Manchester
camera lorry balloons bus policeman policewoman Answer: Manchester
child’s buggy? (b) costume, feathers, float
2 Why do you think there is a police station in the final picture? (c) listening to music, dancing, stealing cameras
What do you think is happening to Jake?
(d) drums, bands, T-shirt
(e) float, procession, bench
ACTIVITIES WHILE READING THE BOOK
(f) policeman, sergeant, doctor
1 Add one colour word to complete the sentences.
(b) It is a hot afternoon. 1 Work in pairs. One of you is Jake and the other is Maria. You
have just met. What do you say to each other? Or, describe
(c) Jake goes on a bus. Jake and Maria, from the book. What do they look like? What
(d) Mel understands what is happening to Jake when he are wearing? and so on
looks at Maria. 2 Read page 13 again. Now close the book.
(e) People are drinking tea in a street café. (a) What does Jake have in his pocket?
(f) Jake stands on a table to take his photo. (b) What do you have either in your pocket, or in your bag?
(g) The tourists with the camera have a daughter. 3 You are a tourist. Jake takes your camera. How do you feel?
What do you say to the policeman?
Carnival
2 a in Manchester
b by bus
c Madame Tussauds
d balloons
e no
f a tourist’s
g his mother
3 a false
b true
c true
d true
e false
f false
g false
6 a drum